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Bates Cemetery, Town of Centerville, Allegany County, NY

Bates Cemetery is a well kept cemetery located on Fitch Farm Road, south of Route 3 east of the village of Centerville. The following list was recorded by Margaret Hodnett in 1978 and transcribed by Mary Rhodes in 2005.

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 Amos Bates, Jr., Clyde Higgins, Luther Bean, Samuel Nye Family Monument

(Click on above four photos for larger images)

HISTORY OF BATES CEMETERY 1824 – 1958
Taken from “Centerville, NY, Scenes from the Past” Sesquicentennial 1808 – 1958; Author Unknown;
From the Files of Margaret Hodnett.

The land, now the site of the Bates Cemetery was purchased March 23, 1824 by a group of people who assembled and formed the “Centerville Hume Burying Ground Society”. The following is a copy of excerpts from the minutes of the original record book.

Centerville, March 23, 1824 – At a meeting of the inhabitants of town of Centerville & Hume for the purpose of establishing a site for a burying yard for the benefit of said Society, James Lyon was chosen Chairman and Joel Lyon, clerk. Resolved: That the site should be on North West corner of a lot of land now owned by Wm Weaver. It is likewise agreed by Wm Weaver that the said land (namely) one half acre of land ten rods on the road leading to Higgins Mills and eight rods east should be now and here after for the benefit of said Society for the purpose aforesaid.

Resolved: That the said Society meet the 27th. Inst. For the purpose of chopping and clearing of said ground.

Resolved: That Wm Weaver shall hereafter have use of said ground for pasturing sheep and calves only.

April 27, 1827 - Resolved: That the price for digging graves be one dollar each for all sizes.

April 30, 1828 - Resolved: That those that have not done any work on the burying ground shall pay one dollar per lot. The money to be used in repairing the burying ground.

Resolved: That Daniel Wight, Morris Stickle, Sam Hatch and Wm Weaver be a committee to attend and regulate the funerals. (12 years later a deed to the land was procured)

May 3, 1838 - Resolved: That the clerk and sexton are to sell lots at three dollars each. Terms – pay cash down or give a note.

Resolved: That John Bates stand as Clerk during good behavior.

Amos Bates was the first chosen Sexton, followed by J. W. Cudworth, Sam Crowell, Chilon Stickle, Wm. Crowell, Geo Gilman, Myron Stickle, Benjamin Wight, Orison Bean, M. W. Weaver, Erwin Stickle, Frank Lincoln, John Stapelton, Adelbert Goodrich, Joseph Cudworth, J. D. Cudworth, Giles Bean, Nelson Keyes, Geo Armison, Earl Sawyer, Orvill Hotchkiss, Bert Hamer, Walter Hotchkiss, Albert Watson, Ernest Hotchkiss, Will Gillette. At the present time, LaVern Wolfer is care taker of the cemetery.

The first time the minutes refer to the cemetery as “The Bates Cemetery Association” is June 4, 1921.

A GRAVE STONE under a large pine tree on the Weaver road, in the south part of town, is said to be the first marked grave in the township. The inscription is as follows:

In Memory of M. John Hopkin who died Feb 19th 1813 aged 61 years.

"Behold a tender husband gone
A much loved parent fled
Entered his long eternal home
And numbered with the dead"

BATES CEMETERY ALPHABETICAL INDEX

 

Ackerman

GlennF.

1888 -1945

Ackerman

LettieM.

1867 -1964

Ackerman

MarkA.

1866 -1926

Ackerman

RobertB.

1913 -1915

Baker

Esther

Wife of George Died Jan 18, 1872 Aged 71 Yr 10Mo

Baker

George

Died July 23, 1855 Aged 55 Yr 5Mo

Baker

HannahS.

Dau of George & Esther Baker Died Feb 27, 1845 Aged 8 Yr5 Mo

Baker

SarahA.

1821 - 1893 Wife ofWilliam

Baker

William

Died Aug 8, 1871 Age 46 Yr 10Mo

Bates

Amos

Died March 8, 1852 Age 67Yrs

Bates

Amos Jr.

Died May 22, 1835 Aged 9 Yr 9 Mo 16Days

Bates

Cyrus

Son of Amos & Marcy Died Apr 11, 1823 Age 1 Yr 3 Mo 3Days

Bates

Marcy

Wife of Amos Died Oct 12, 1849 Age 65 Yrs 10Mo

Bean

Clarine

Wife of Orison 1809 -1892

Bean

ElectaA.

1842 - 1845 On marker with Orison &Clarine

Bean

Elizabeth Evans

1859 - 1920 Wife of GilesBean

Bean

Flora

Wife of Eben Bean Died July 24, 1874 Aged 20Yr

Bean

Giles

Apr 20, 1851 - Mar 31,1895

Bean

JohnW.

Died Nov 5, 1869 Aged 55 Yrs 6Mo

Bean

Libbie

Died May 11, 1879 Aged 28 Y 5 Mo Wife of GilesBean

Bean

Luther

Died Jan 11, 1865 Aged 55 Yr 2 Mo 5 Days "Our FathersGrave"

Bean

MiltonL.

Son of Luther & Adaline Bean Died July 14, 1817 Aged 6 Yrs5 Mo 15Days

Bean

Orison

1807 -1892

Beardsley

Fred L.

Mar 23, 1912 - July 28, 1963 New York S I USNWWII

Blanchard

Cynthia

Wife of Mark Blanchard Died Feb 25, 1835 Aged 41 Yr 11 M25 Days

Bliss

Mable

1892 -1967

Bliss

Schuyler

1885 -1975

Bliss

Schuyler

Feb 20, 1885 - Nov 24,1975

Brown

WilliamH.

Son of Lewis & Betsey Brown Died Sept 26, 1832 Age 2Yrs

Brueser

Augustus

1864 -1885

Brueser

Caroline

1842 -1899

Brueser

Chester

1899 -1957

Brueser

Eleanor L.

1920 -

Brueser

John F.

1841 -1925

Brueser

William C.

May 22, 1924 - May 18,1963

Clark

Ann

1860 -1933

Clark

CynthiaA.

Wife of Hiram Clard Died Dec 9, 1872 Aged 31 Yrs 8Mo

Clark

Eunice

Born Mar 6, 1821 Died June 10, 1885 Wife of Lyman Clark

Clark

HannahD.

Dau of Lyman &Eunice Clark Born Jan 27, 1841 Died Sept 12, 1842 Age 1 Yr 6Mo

Clark

Hiram

1845 - 1905 Co 4 NY HeavyArt.

Clark

Lyman

1816 -1898

Clark

MaryE.

Dau of Lyman & Eunice Clark Born Oct 4, 1849 Died Sept4, 1851

Clark

Mary J.Lyon

Wife of HiramClark

Cross

MaryRuth

1842 - 1847 Dau of Abram and MariamCross

Cross

Wilbur

Born and Died Oct 27, 1851 Son of Abram & Sarah A.Cross

Cross

William

Born and Died Oct 27, 1851 Son of Abram & Sarah ACross

Crowell

Betsey

Dau of SamuelCrowell

Crowell

Lucy

Wife of Samuel Crowell Died Aug 22, 1856 Aged 38 Yrs 4Mo

Cudworth

James

NoData

Cudworth

JenetteA.

1813 -1880

Cudworth

Jennie M.

1852 -1937

Cudworth

JohnW.

1811 -1887

Cudworth

Joseph D.

1849 -1891

Cudworth

Ophelia

Died1847

Cudworth

Ruth C.

Died Feb 24, 1843 Aged46

Dow

KatieSartor

Wife of V.M. Dow 1872 -1903

Dunker

FredA.

1872 -1922

Evans

Jenkins

1830 -1912

Evans

Winnifred

1825 - 1911 Wife ofJenkins

Fiegl

IdaA.

1876 -1955

Fiegl

Joseph H.

1876 -1941

Flanigan

Margaret

1840-1919

Flenagan

FrancesL.

Dec 14, 1848 - Apr 24,1895

Flenagan

JamesW.

Oct 29, 1830 - Apr 20,1892

Flenagan

MarandaNye

Dau of S & H Nye May 4, 1838 - Dec 19, 1915 Wife ofIchabod Flenagan

Flenagan

Mary A.Nye

Dau of S & H Nye Mar 28, 1839 - Fen 2, 1876 Wife ofJames Flenagan

Flenigan

LydiaPerkins

1802 - 1884 Wife ofSamuel

Flenigan

Samuel

1798 -1878

Frazier

AddieF

1869 -1929

Frazier

Erwin

1895 -1952

Frazier

James S.

1904 -1961

Frazier

John

March 3 - June 15,1970

Frazier

Ralph L.

1865 -1952

Frazier

Robert

1921 -1951

Fuller

Cleon

1886 -1969

Fuller

GraceB

1883 - 1962 Wife ofCleon

Gibbs

EmelineLyon

Wife of Wm Gibbs Died June 10, 1875 Age55

Gillis

Hugh

March 26, 1796 - July 18,1844

Gillis

Sarah

Wife of Hugh Gillis Aug 21, 1800 - Sept 17,1876

Gordon

GraceSawyer

1876 -1960

Hackett

CarolineD.

1849 -1930

Hackett

LeonardO.

1846 - 19?? Co L. 4 NY HArt

Hall

Jennie

1867 -1951

Hamer

Saran

Wife of O.D. Hamer Died Jan 1, 1881 Aged 33 Yr 4Mo

Haskins

AlfredA

1874 -1937

Haskins

GraceB

1878 - 1933 Wife ofAlfred

Hatch

AdelbertC.

Feb 25, 1861 - Aug 18,1914

Hatch

BabyMarie

Jan 25, 1941 - Feb 2,1941

Hatch

Cyrus

Died June 25, 1857 Age 56Yrs

Hatch

Edward

Son of Cyrus and Phebe Died Sept 24, 1828 Aged 1 Mo 12Days

Hatch

Ellen

Dau of Chas and A Hatch Died feb 27, 1841 Age 3Yrs

Hatch

IdaN.

Dau of Cyrus & Effie Hatch Died Dec 9,1964

Hatch

Julia A.

Aug 14, 1860 - July 31, 1897 Wife ofAdelbert

Hatch

Phebe

Wife of Cyrus Died Sept 25, 1857 AGed 52Yrs

Hatch

SadieW.

Nov 11, 1920 - Aug 18,1985

Hatch

Voedica

Wife of Heman Hatch Died Sept 17, 1839 Aged64

Hatch

Wellington W.

Dec 28, 1912 - Dec 3,1982

Hewitt

AmosM.

Son of Christopher & Sarah Hewitt Died Apr 26, 1838 Age 2 Yr3 Mo 3 Days

Hewitt

Harriet

Died Oct 25, 1830

Hewitt

OrenA.

1832? Stone Broken

Higgins

Clyde

1879 - 1914 (RockMarker)

Higgins

Cordelia

Nov 25, 1826 - May 18,1887

Higgins

Ellen J.

1828 - 1904 (on marker with Russel andLaura)

Higgins

EmilyA.

1839 - 1924 (on marker with Russel andLaura)

Higgins

George

Mar 14, 1823 - May 2,1835

Higgins

JennieE.

1888 -1966

Higgins

Jerusha

Aug 25, 1802 - Jan 31, 1885 Wife ofWillard

Higgins

Laura

1803 - 1880 Wife ofRussel

Higgins

Leland

July 20, 1831 - Apr 15,1920

Higgins

LuciusE.

1826 - 1898 (on marker with Russel andLaura)

Higgins

LucyM.

Feb 17, 1851 - Aug 2,1920

Higgins

Russel

1791 -1863

Higgins

Willard

Aug 25, 1800 - Oct 30,1862

Hooker

AndrewN.

1817 -1900

Hooker

Martha

1833 - 1909 Wife ofAndrew

Hopkins

BirdW.

1850 -1913

Hopkins

Elisha

Died June 4, 1856 Aged56

Hopkins

FloraP

1858 - 1929 Wife ofBird

Hopkins

JamesL.

1860 -1928

Hopkins

JennieL.

1856 -1937

Hotchkiss

Frank

1853 -1919

Hotchkiss

Myra

1856 - 1926 Wife of OrvilleHotchkiss

Hotchkiss

Orville

1851 -1931

Irish

HazelM.

Oct 26, 1916 - Dec 13,1984

Irish

Lucinda

1888 -1943

Irish

NelsonL.

Apr 2, 1912 - Feb 27,1979

Irish

WallaceS.

1878 -1943

Irish

WesleyS.

1907 -1923

Irish

Wesley R.Jr.

Oct 1, 1984 - Mar 18,1990

Keeler

Earnest

Son of Englebert & Ann Keeler Died Oct 9, 1875 Aged 2 Y 1Mo 7Days

Kelday

Minnie

 

Kelday

Robert

 

Keyes

AndrewN.

1880 -1933

Keyes

LewisF.

1904 -19??

Keyes

MaryM.

1850 -1927

Keyes

NelsonR.

1852 -1928

Knight

Eliza J.Nye

Dau of S & H Nye Oct 28, 1844 - Dec 24, 1914 Wife ofNelson Knight

Krebs

Benjamin

1841 -1923

Krebs

GertieM.

Dau of B & M Krebs Died Dec 1892 Age 8 Yr 4 Mo 12Days

Krebs

Mary

Wife of Benjamin 1855 -1926

Lewis

EffieJ.

1839 -1916

Lyon

CharlesF.

Son of J & M Lyon Died July 21, 1855 Age 16Yrs

Lyon

JamesW.

Died Mar 26, 1832 AGed 73 Yr 1 Mo 12Day

Lyon

Jerusha

Wife of James Died April 10, 1838 Age 73 Yr 11 Mo 12Day

Lyon

Joel

Died Dec 15, 1828 Aged 37 Yrs 11Mo

Lyon

Jonathan

Died Sept 11, 1842 Aged45

Lyon

Margaret

Second Wife of Jonathan Died Dec 25, 1862 Age 55Yrs

Lyon

Sarah

Wife of Joel Lyon Died April 8, 1882 Age 87 Yr 1Mo

Lyon

Susan

Wife of Jonathan Died July 11, 1834 Aged32

Miller

George

1867 -1946

Miller

Mabel

1875 -1956

Miller

Mary

1861 - 1917 Wife ofNathan

Miller

Montford

1898 -1947

Miller

Nathan

1855 -1931

Moore

Florelle

Dau of Hiram and Mary Moore Died Apr 30, 1815 Age 15 Yr3 Mo 9Days

Moore

Hiram

Died May 13, 1873 Aged63

Moore

Mary

Wife of Nathaniel Moore Died Aug 24, 1845 Age73

Morris

Christmas

1896 Aged 3 Mo

Morris

Ellen

1819 - 1908 Wife of JohnR.

Morris

EllenC.

1865 - 1946 Wife ofRichard

Morris

JohnR.

Died Dec 16, 1905 Aged 82Yrs

Morris

Richard

1854 -1929

Myers

Elizabeth

1842 - ??  Wife of Harlow

Myers

W.Harlow

1832 -1901

Nye

Hiram

1841 -1842

Nye

HoneymanS.

Mar 29, 1846 - Apr 25,1912

Nye

Mary

Dau of Simeon & Hannah Joslyn Clark Feb 11, 1815 - Jan19, 1888

Nye

Miranda A. Sprague

DauofIsaac &MaryBarry Sprague,WifeofHoneyman NyeAug 3, 1855 - Apr 25,1912

Nye

Samuel

Mar 1, 1803 - Nov 16,1866

Nye

James

Son of S & H Nye 1841 -1842

Perkins

Anna

Wife of Ichabod Died Jan 26, 1849 Aged 79Yrs

Perkins

HannahP.

Died Apr 15, 1863 Aged 66 Yr 7Mo

Perkins

Ichabod

Died Mar 7, 1845 Age 71Yrs

Pitts

Dova

1885 -1917

Pitts

Elizabeth Evans

1854 -1898

Pitts

Lodell

1855 -1913

Pitts

RenneS.

Died Nov 18, 1893 Age 15Yrs

Pratt

LucinaH.

Mar 25, 1835 - Jan 24,1919

Rice

Elizabeth H.

June 3, 1837 - Apr 15,1920

Richards

Fred

Nov 18, 1893 - Nov 3,1942

Richards

Nana

June 10, 1903 - Nov 9,1936

Sartor

Augustus

1840 -1884

Sartor

HenryA.

1869 -1930

Sartor

Margaret

Wife of Augustus 1841 -1933

Sawyer

Birdie

1872 -1943

Sawyer

D.Earl

Jan 20, 1862 - Nov 22,1918

Sawyer

GraceL.

Died 1910 Age 76 Wife of John S.Sawyer

Sawyer

HaroldG.

1884 -1953

Sawyer

JohnS.

Died 1891 Age63

Sawyer

MyrtieM.

Apr 30, 1862 - Dec 9,1950

Sheppard

HenryA.

Died June 15,1844

Sherer

Augustus

1890 -1945

Sink

EdithM.

1874 - 1926 Wife of FrankSink

Sink

Frank

1869 -1939

Stickle

BetseyM.

1840 -1841

Stickle

Caroline

Dau of M & S Stickle Died June 3, 1844 In Her 13thYears

Stickle

Chilon

1801 -1899

Stickle

Chilon

1871 -1939

Stickle

Ella F.Warner

1851 -1938

Stickle

Ellen

1870 -1905

Stickle

Erwin

1851 -1896

Stickle

HowardJ

1892 -1971

Stickle

Jason K.

1833 -1841

Stickle

Judson

1844 - 1929 Co F NYDragoons

Stickle

Kate A.Evans

1862 - 1917 Wife of Morris B.Stickle

Stickle

Leland

1846 -1846

Stickle

LorettaB.

Wife of Judson 1842 -1909

Stickle

LucyG.

May 19, 1891 - Sept 4,1986

Stickle

Mable

1808 -1894

Stickle

Mary J.Lyon

Second Wife of Myron Stickle 1825 -1891

Stickle

MelindaLyon

1st Wife of Myron Stickle 1821 -1854

Stickle

Morris

Died 1851 in his 57thYear

Stickle

Myron

1825 - 1903 Son of MorrisStickle

Stickle

NellieL.

Dec 28, 1892 - Dec 5,1973

Stickle

Rachael

Died July 22, 1844 In her 22ndYears

Stickle

Susan

Wife of Morris Died May 14, 1817?? In Her 47thYear

Stickle

William

1917 - 1942 2nd Lt Buried National Cemetery, HawaiiWWII

Thomas

JohnL.

Jan 12, 1926 - Jan 9,1988

Thomas

LawrenceG.

Dec 4, 1895 - Apr 18,1970

Thomas

Leah

1897 -1966

Thomas

Robert

1923 -1964

Thomas

Zelda

1933 -1936

Trall

MargaretEvans

1865 - 1941 Erected by her sister

VanBuskirk

Margaret

1904 - 1910 Dau of Walter & LorenaVanBuskirk

VanName

GeorgeM.

1867 -19??

VanName

Jennie SartorDunker

1868 - 1944 Married 1st to Fred Dunker, Wife of George VanName

Veazey

HarmonB.

Died 1891 Aged 41Yrs

Veazey

MaryL.

Wife of Harmon Died 1920 Aged 71Yrs

Voorhees

AbramR.

1853 -1933

Voorhees

EltonR.

1879 -1951

Voorhees

FrancesE.

1851 -1924

Voorhees

LittleTellie

Son of AR & FE Voorhees Died Oct 29,1874

Voorhees

OurBaby

Dau of AR & FE Voorhees Died OCt 19,1875

Weaver

CynthiaE.

Dau of Wm & Napelyt Died Dec 30, 1825 Aged 5 Mo 8Days

Weaver

HelenM

Sept 8, 1830 - Dec 12, 1893 Wife of JohnM.

Weaver

Huldah E. Stickles

1842 - 1924 Wife of James H.Weaver

Weaver

JamesH.

Died Nov 7, 1866 Aged 31 Yr 1 Mo 9 Dayd Co F 1 NYDragoons

Weaver

JohnM.

Aug 10, 1828 - Aug 14,1890

Weaver

Jonathan

Died Sept 2, 1847

Weaver

Mapelyt

His Wife(William)

Weaver

Margaret

"The Golden Gates Were Opened Wide, A Gentle VoiceSaid

   

Come, And Angels From the Other Side Welcomed OurLoved OneHome.

Weaver

MaryW.

1849 -1930

Weaver

Miles W.

1835 -1926

Weaver

OrinT.

Sept 10, 1862 - March 31, 1888 (On marker with John M.and HelenWeaver)

Weaver

Peter

1795 -1852

Weaver

Rosaline

 

Weaver

RoyM.

 

Weaver

Sarah

1803 - 1888 His Wife(Peter)

Weaver

William

Died Dec 16, 1825 Age 87Yrs

Weaver

William H

Oct 7, 1871 - April 17, 1897 (On marker with John M. andHelen Weaver)

Whitford

JohnC.

1854 -1911

Wight

Cloida L.

Died 1851 Dau of James &Aurelia

Wight

Daniel

Died Nov 27, 1841 In the 57th Year of hisAge

Wight

FrancesE.

Dau of James & Aurelia Died Jun 9, 1852 Age 4 Y 8Mo

Wight

Joel

Son of B & J Wight Died Apr 17, 1845 Age 2 Yr 11Mo

Wight

Levi

Died Jan 12, 1831 Age 69Yrs

Wight

Mary

Wife of Daniel Died Mar 7, 1828 In the 42 Year of herAge

Wight

Nancy

Died July 26, 1842 In the 28th Year of herAge

Wight

WebsterL.

Son of B & J Wight Died Sept 16, 1861 Age 4 Yr 2Mo

Wight

William

Died May 31, 1824 Age41

Wilday

GlennC.

Sept 10, 1922 - Nov1995

Wilday

HaroldF.

1888 -1940

Wilday

MaryF.

1888 - 1983 Wife of HaroldWilday

Williams

Acelia

1890 -1930

Willis

KatherineEvans

1863 -1911

Wolfer

EdwinM.

June 8, 1902 - Apr 14,1968

Wolfer

Hazel T. Liederbach

Mar 22, 1903 - Apr 27, 1989 - click: Obituary

Wolfer

MamieE.

1902 -1924